Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A. Motor Vehicles § 2302. School bus markings; lights; mirrors; school bus crossing arms

A. Must be identified with the words, “school bus”:

B. Must have no other lettering on the front or rear, except lettering not more than 4 inches high indicating an emergency exit and a bus number and lettering from the original manufacturer;

C. Must be painted national school bus glossy yellow, except that the hood may be lusterless black and the wheels and rub rails may be glossy black or, if the bus is an electric-powered school bus, the color painted by the original manufacturer;

D. Must have bumpers of glossy black unless painting is impracticable through use of rubber, reflective material or other devices or unless the bus is an electric-powered school bus and the bumpers were painted a different color by the original manufacturer;

E. Must be equipped with a system of signal lights that conform to school bus requirements approved by the Commissioner of Education;

F. Must be equipped with a system of mirrors that give the seated operator a view of the way to each side of the bus, and of the area immediately in front of the front bumper;

G. May be equipped with a system of stop arms or extended stop arms to be operated only with the red signal lights; and

H. May be equipped with reflective strips of national school bus yellow.